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How Pro Wrestling Shaped Sylvester Stallone’s Approach to Storytelling

SI.com’s Week in Wrestling is published every week and provides beneath-the-surface coverage of the business of pro wrestling.

Sylvester Stallone on pro wrestling: “I hear people say it’s not real. Really? Gravity is real. Jumping off the top rope or having 300 pounds landing on you, that’s real.”

Sylvester Stallone will forever be known for his ability to tell a story.

An iconic actor, screenwriter and filmmaker, Stallone is now approaching his fifth decade as an accomplished movie star. His newest blockbuster, Samaritan, will be released later this month, featuring a role that welcomes Stallone back into the world of action films.